Mahesh Bhupathi and his Swedish partner Robert Lindstedt have made en early exit from the China Open Tennis tournament in Beijing. In the Men's Doubles first round match yesterday, the second seeded Indo-Swedish pair lost to the Serbian-Swiss team of Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka, 3-6, 3-6.The top seeded Indo-Canadian duo of Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor will play its opening round match today. Paes and Nestor will take on the American team of John Isner and Sam Querrey.In the Women's Doubles opening round, the Indo-Zimbabwean pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black will today slug it out against the Czech-Russian combination of Lucie Safarova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Somdev Devvarman bowed out of the Men's Singles, after losing to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, 6-7, 3-6. World Number One Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Spaniards Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer advanced to the second round.In the Women's Singles, top seeds like World Number One Serena Williams of the United States, China's Na Li and Czech Petra Kvitova have made it to the pre-quarterfinals.However, Venus Williams made an exit from the Women's Singles, after losing to this year's Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki of Germany, in straight sets, 1-6, 2-6.
News On AIR | October 2, 2013 10:06 AM
Bhupathi-Lindstedt, Somdev crsh out of China Open